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It presupposes a patient who agrees with the recommendations, which, particularly with addictions, may not be the case.

It was never really about the job, or an article in Time, or anything except his own fervent desire to keep drinking and prove everyone else wrong.

Many treatment programs moved away from medication precisely because it wasn’t helping.

What’s the difference? Maybe it’s in how confrontation is used.

The personal story that recovering folks tell at 12 Step meetings is a reconstruction of episodic memories.

Suppose you were in the audience listening to someone else deliver the talk. What would get your attention? What would you enjoy learning about?

In the early and middle stages of addiction, addicts may experience mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms without recognizing them.

Not so much ‘I share your pain’ as ‘I want to show you I understand what you mean.’

Their targets often know or strongly suspect they’re being manipulated, but give in anyway because they can’t figure out how to avoid it.

If Project MATCH had it right, and all three work but none works significantly better than the others– then what’s all the argument about?